Etymology

minidress

min·i·dress
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Today it means: A woman's short dress with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level. Full definition →

English dress ← Middle English dressen ← Old French drecier
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  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishmini-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  11. Proto-Italic*dis-
  12. Latindīs-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵtós
  15. Proto-Italic*rektos
  16. Latinrēctus
  17. Latindīrēctus
  18. Vulgar Latin*dīrēctiāre
  19. Old Frenchdrecier
  20. Middle Englishdressen
  21. Englishdress
  22. English todayminidress

From mini- + dress.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.